The Darkness and the Light
Caelum is learning how to grieve. Darkus wants to outrun his feelings. Stella can’t contain her’s. And Aurora is planning the perfect funeral. Everyone in the Darkness and the Light is learning to deal with feelings bigger than themselves, nebulous emotions that feel like they’re being beamed from out of this world.
We experience all of these journeys through Caelum, who is connected to the other characters through light, be it photography or his eventual obsession with celestial phenomenon. It functions as a connection back to the title itself which is a metaphor for the grieving process; a kind of ying and yang, in that it’s not about binaries, but exploring emotions that feel amazing and awful all at once, an analysis of the bad in the good and the hope within desolation.
Years ago when Caelum lost his grandfather, who functioned as a connection to his ethnic roots, he didn’t allow himself to mourn. And in the present Caelum finds himself confronting that once more when someone close to him dies. This sets him on a journey of self-discovery and collision. The latter of which proves more painful, but ultimately vital for life in a galaxy like ours.
Cast and Crew
Ryaknots Theatre Company
Writer: Christian Graham
Director: Rosa Crompton
Cast
Caelum - Christian Graham
Stella/Aurora - Lydia Shaw
Running time: 50 mins
Date & Time: Saturday 10th & Sunday 11th October @ 7:30pm
Contains discussion of depression and suicide.
Audience Guidelines
Latecomers will not be admitted. Ticket purchases are non refundable.
Concession prices apply to students; under 18s; pensioners; those on disability and unemployment benefits; Equity, BECTU & SDUK members.
The Bread & Roses Theatre is an unfunded venue that continues to operate on ticket sales only. Donations help support independent arts and theatremakers, an essential step in preserving the future of fringe theatre.
Venue: The Bread and Roses Theatre
Home of The Lambeth Fringe, The Bread & Roses, is an award-winning and innovative fringe pub theatre.
A 50-seat fringe venue above The Bread & Roses Pub, the theatre programs a wide-spread variety of productions for local as well as far-reaching audiences. Equality, diversity and artistic quality are at the forefront of the theatre's programming, which features in-house productions as well as many visiting companies. The theatre regularly hosts touring shows and has worked with award-winning ensembles with decades of experience but also frequently welcomes and supports emerging theatre-makers taking their first steps. The programme includes new writing, contemporary revivals, reinvented classics and occasionally also devised work, improvisational theatre, comedy events, family shows and physical theatre.
Recently renovated, The Bread and Roses Theatre features brand new tiered seating, with 50 new individual seats, and a professional floor.
Theatre: Capacity 50, full rig, lighting desk and sound system. Projector and mics hire-able.
Perfect for: Theatre, new-writing, WIP, solo shows and boundary pushing work.
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